# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/m-emmet-walsh
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:30:06.196Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/m-emmet-walsh"
name: "M. Emmet Walsh"
slug: "m-emmet-walsh"
description: "Michael Emmet Walsh was an American actor who appeared in over 200 films and television series, including supporting roles as Earl Frank in Straight Time (1978), the Madman in The Jerk (1979), Captain Bryant in Blade Runner (1982), Harv in Critters (1986), and Walt Scheel in Christmas with the Kranks (2004). He starred as private detective Loren Visser in Blood Simple (1984), the Coen brothers' first film, for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead."
tagline: "American actor (1935–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/M_Emmet_Walsh_LF.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1935-03-22"
deathDate: "2024-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.0408683806266485
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump